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Suicide in Older Adults: What You Need to Know About Risk and Prevention (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar provided an overview of known suicide incidence, causes, assessment, and response in populations of community-dwelling older adults. Participants gained insight on risk factors of suicide in older patients and review basic engagement approaches in cases of suicidal ideation. More Details...

Harnessing the Power of Outreach and Enabling Services to Address Social Drivers of Health Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: As a part of a collaborative project for the Bureau of Primary Health Care’s National Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement, the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), MHP Salud, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC), and Health Outreach Partners (HOP) facilitated a webinar on enabling services (ES) and social drivers of health (SDOH). The facilitators and panel of speakers discussed the role of ES staff in screening for and addressing SDOH and how data can be used for meaningful change. Speakers also shared successes, challenges, best practices, and other useful knowledge on addressing social risk factors and building community partnerships. More Details...

Promoting the Health & Well-Being of Older Caregivers (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar focused on cultural considerations for understanding an informal caregiver’s experience as they age, as well as their utilization of related support services. Participants reviewed supportive strategies to promote the well-being of older patients as they are caring for their loved ones. More Details...

Improving Health Outcomes Through Preventive Services for Older Asian Americans (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This AAPCHO and NCECE webinar facilitated a discussion on reducing health disparities in Asian American elders by effectively screening for conditions like diabetes and depression. Speakers shared insights on the impact of stigma, ageism, and level of trust in healthcare have on the ability to identify care needs and determine effective treatments. More Details...

Improving Health Outcomes Through Preventive Services for Older Asian Americans (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This AAPCHO and NCECE webinar facilitated a discussion on reducing health disparities in Asian American elders by effectively screening for conditions like diabetes and depression. Speakers shared insights on the impact of stigma, ageism, and level of trust in healthcare have on the ability to identify care needs and determine effective treatments. More Details...

Building Connections to Improve Weather Emergency Preparedness for Socially Isolated Older Adults (2023). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This guide describes how health center providers and staff can use a simple visual social mapping tool to help socially isolated older adults build social networks in preparation for a weather emergency. More Details...

Assessing Patient Satisfaction with Telehealth at Community Health Centers: A Policy Brief (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This brief describes findings from a national assessment of health center patients’ experiences with telehealth and the policy implications of these findings. The assessment focused on three key aspects of telehealth utilization, including 1) ease of use, 2) interaction with the clinician, and 3) overall comfort/satisfaction. More Details...

Using Telehealth to Connect With Older Patients: Considerations for Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This publication will offer guidance for providers and staff on best practices for conducting agefriendly virtual healthcare visits with the older patients in their communities More Details...

Heat Safety for Older Adults (2023). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This tip sheet is intended to give health center staff a starting point to engage older patients in preparing for extreme heat to stay cool and avoid illness. More Details...

What You Need to Know About Informal Caregiving and the LGBTQIA+ Community  (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar from the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center and the National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE) will focus on the unique experiences and considerations for supporting both LGBTQIA+ caregivers who provide care or assistance to a family member, chosen family, or friend and those providing care to LGBTQIA+ older adults.  More Details...

Social Determinants of Health Lessons Learned, Challenges, and Barriers: A Resource for Health Centers, Vol. 3 (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), Health Outreach Partners (HOP), MHP Salud, and National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC), four HRSA-funded National Training and Technical Assistance Partner organizations, released a report on lessons learned, challenges, barriers, and impact stories shared from the (4) sessions of the “Acting on SDOH Screening Data to Address Barriers to Health” Learning Collaborative. This Learning Collaborative shared strategies to respond to SDOH data through enabling services staff, culturally and socially appropriate interventions, and internal and external organizational capacity. More Details...

HITEQ Highlights: The Federal Telehealth Policy Landscape After the PHE: What's Staying (For Now) and What's Going: HITEQ Highlights Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Worried about what the end of the Public Health Emergency Act will mean for your telehealth services? This session covered what the status of the various temporary federal telehealth policies will be once the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ended on May 11, 2023. As health services have increasingly been provided through virtual care, one important policy discussed was the proposed rules that impact the prescribing of controlled substances using telehealth. More Details...

Healthy Eating Conversations with Older Adults (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar from the National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE) focused on engaging older adult patients in tailored conversations about nutrition, giving further context to standard dietary guidelines for this population. Participants examined approaches to troubleshooting common patient barriers to healthy eating, including access and limited cooking experience. More Details...

Healthy Eating Conversations with Older Adults (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar from the National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE) focused on engaging older adult patients in tailored conversations about nutrition, giving further context to standard dietary guidelines for this population. Participants examined approaches to troubleshooting common patient barriers to healthy eating, including access and limited cooking experience. More Details...

Expanding Health Center Services to an Aging Population through PACE (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: This National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE) webinar focused on features and benefits of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model within a health center context. The personalized care approach of PACE promotes safe community living for the growing population of older adults, many of whom have a range of complex health needs and varying levels of social support. More Details...

Parkinson’s Disease Resources for Community Health Centers (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Developed in partnership with the Parkinson's Foundation​​​​​​​, this document promotes resources focused on improving quality of life for older adult patients affected by Parkinson’s Disease, as well supporting those who care for them. It highlights key materials from the Parkinson’s Foundation for health center providers and staff in order to connect patients and their caregivers to materials and services that can help address challenges as this disease progresses. More Details...

Trans and Gender Diverse Older Adults (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Care Mapping: A Valuable Tool for Working with Older Adults and Family Caregivers (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE) webinar focused on practical approaches health care providers can take to support family caregivers of older adults, particularly identifying and organizing available medical and social contacts and services in their area. Care maps can help providers sustain successful collaborations with care partners as a means of identifying and addressing unmet care needs. The webinar series helped participants recognize care mapping as a method for understanding family care structures, explained the value of connecting family caregivers of older adults to available community services, and identified strategies for utilizing care mapping to improve care coordination for older adult patients. More Details...

Caring for an Aging Population (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar series focused on increasing the capacity of health centers to meet the health and social needs of older community-dwelling adults followed in primary care. Unprecedented growth in older populations and increasing awareness of social determinants of health presents challenges and opportunities for health centers focused on providing optimal care for the patient population across the lifespan. The webinar series helped participants understand the impact of the growing number of patients approaching or over the age of 65, explain the value of integrated and highly coordinated care for populations of older adults, especially those living with multiple chronic conditions or functional limitations Identify, and how to integrate age-friendly strategies to reduce harm and optimize the health and well-being of older adult patients. More Details...

Strengthening Social Connection in Older Adults (2022). Resource Type: Publication . Description: This guide details the impact of social isolation and feelings of loneliness on older adult health. Social isolation might be identified during SDOH screening and this oublication reviews patient resources that are appropriate for multiple levels of technology literacy. More Details...